USS Luce (DDG-38)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Luce.
The third USS Luce (DLG-7/DDG-38) was Farragut-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy that served from 1962 until discarded in 1992. The ship was named for Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce (1827–1917). Luce was sold for scrapping in 2005.
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United States | |
Name | Luce |
Namesake | Stephen B. Luce |
Builder | Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard |
Laid down | 1 October 1957 |
Launched | 11 December 1958 |
Commissioned | 20 May 1961 |
Decommissioned | 1 April 1991 |
Reclassified | DLG-7 14 November 1956 and DDG-38 30 June 1975 |
Stricken | 20 November 1992 |
Motto | "Pride, Power, Knowledge" |
Fate | Scrapped by Metro Machine, 17 June 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Farragut-class guided missile destroyer |
Displacement | 5,648 tons (full) |
Length | 512 ft 6 in (156.21 m) |
Beam | 52 ft 4 in (15.95 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) (max) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Range | 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 360 |
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